A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
Households without a car make up 3.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 440 households in Antigny at the 2023 Census, home to 1,027 residents. Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns, at 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Vendée median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Antigny
An older town
Half of Antigny’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 80% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vendée town +9%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Antigny is over 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Antigny 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Antigny, 30% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Antigny ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 2.3%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children trails 67% of compared French towns: 22%. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Antigny (31%).
Antigny: 6.5% of homes are second homes, above 82% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
With empty homes at 4.4%, Antigny is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,310 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €25,310 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Antigny has 18%. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 89% of compared French towns: 2.2% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 52% of residents 15 and over are married in Antigny. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The figure for adults with no qualification is 26% in Antigny and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,027 to 2,582 people), the 9th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Antigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigny | 52.1 | 30% | 6.5% | 2.2% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 2.2 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 11 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 11 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 11.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 13.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Le Boupère 3,151 · 13.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Antigny
What is the population of Antigny?
1,027 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,055).
How old are Antigny’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Antigny?
32, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Antigny?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Antigny?
€25,310 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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